Long ago my Husband and I fell in love with the American Riveria (Santa Barbara and surrounding areas. Since then we've striven to recreate that uniquely California style. This room is true to its European heritage in every respect. It old and new. This is a room with provenance.
This is the entrance foyer to my 4 story home. Includes double front doors, coat closet, entrance to a guest suite and elevator. There is also a door leading to the garage. Flooring is travertine stone laid in a brick pattern.
Wall color is SW 7690 Townhall Tan by Sherwin-Williams.
7690
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The computer table looks out of the window to a view of trees in the back yard. Furniture and curtains are from IKEA. Cables are suspended under the Galant table with a SIGNUM cable management rack and the computer is suspended with a SUMMERA Computer holder.
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This was formerly my son's Patriots room turned sweet and shabby chic Vicotrian bedroom. I bought a quilt at a yard sale and built the decor around it. Colors include a periwinkle purple and a green with white trimming. Now this is my daughter's guest room when she comes home.
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We wanted something relatively neutral and definitely casual. The space is small so we're limited to furniture placement although the closet has plenty of storage. The border is of endangered species the images on the walls are mostly animals and the neutral walls and window treatments help to accentuate the theme. This is one of my first attempts at decorating so I'd love some feedback!
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French blue painted floor; wicker painted white and lilac; sheers on one side add privacy and elegance. a touch of lace on the lilac colored loveseat adds Victorian charm.
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My 4 year old wanted a big boy room with lots of super heroes. I wanted the focus of the room to be on the comics so I made the background shades of grey.
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Welcome to Gigi's Room. For my first and only girl I wanted to create a vintage shabby chic room that used elements from my family's past. I did not have the budget to buy all new furniture nor did i want that feel. The rest of my house is modern so I wanted the experience of stepping back into the past with this room.
I started with selecting a vintage rose pattern from the Shabby Chic bed linens from Carousel Designs - www.babybedding.com and went from there. I searched craig's list and ebay for an iron crib till I found the perfect one. We nabbed this crib for way below what they retail for. We wanted to keep a queen-sized bed in her room to accomodate me while nursing and also be a place for grandmothers to stay when they come to town. We figured she would use this bed as she grows older. My mother made the quilt from assorted fabric squares from the 1920's collection found at a local quilt shop. The quilt is absolutely stunning in person and is really the element that pulls it all together.
I bought the changing table (a 1950's dining hutch and the cedar chest from a local antique mall for a total of $300 (a steal! The hutch works well for a changing table and has drawers and cabinets to store all the assorted diapering needs. I plan to use the cedar chest for her toy box. The nightstand is hand-painted from the Horchow/Neiman Marcus outlet - another steal! I also bought the crystal lamps from there - they are stunning crystal lamps with silk shades. The little rocking chair was my mothers and features a rose on the cusion, needlepointed by my sweet grandmother. There is an antique magazine rack that belonged to my grandparents and I plan to use this for her little books. The dolls on the cedar chest were mine as a girl. They are Madame Alexander dolls but are very raggedy. I hope Gigi loves them as much as I did. The picture hanging by the crib is a vintage print I had reframed. It hung in my mother's room as a little girl. There are several sweet trinkets sitting on the shelves of the hutch that are very special to me and someday I hope special to her: my first ballet shoes, another madame alexander doll I loved, my family's silver baby cups, a porcelin bunny given to me from my grandmother, etc...
The paint color is called Pink Kiss and is barely barely pink. It goes well with our creamy trim and mouldings.
Yesterday we hung the finishing touches - creamy iron letters with matching grograin ribbions above her crib.
All we need now is a baby!
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I have changed my room decor various times over the years, but I have now finally found something that I want to stick to. My room, inspired by designers such as Juicy Couture and Peter Alexander, enables me to express my own individuality. It's not just a place to rest...it's a place to relax.
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This is my toddler son's room. We got swept away with an oceanic/surf theme. Two walls are done in a light aqua, one wall is dark aqua and then there is a dark brown accent wall...air, sea and land. We found a used surf board for the window valance (which was no easy find in Illinois where we don't get much surf!. Surf posters and t-shirts decorate the walls along with pictures from our honeymoon in Tahiti. I used a cute surf board print cotton to make the sheet and paired it with brown dimple dot Minky and blue satin binding for the blanket, and incorporated into the bed skirt and curtains.
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